Steve Panzella

I was a member from a neighboring department and moved out west 20 years ago. From what I remember with Bedford Village not having a tanker, was that their firehouse has a basement beneath the apparatus floor, and the structure of the floor cannot support the weight of a tanker truck. I'm sure someone who posted on this page would have known that. I also remember 20 years ago, that they purchased land at routes 172 & 22 as a location for a new firehouse. I guess within that time frame, there is some kind of resistance or a funding issue with proceeding to get it built. Bedford has good dedicated members, but as a very affluent community, they don't have the population fabric that lends to community involvement to join the volunteer fire department.

I grew up on L.I. and my father was a member of a neighboring dept to Jericho. Jericho is a very affluant fire district and department, who recently built a 12 million $ three story headquarters across the street from their existing headquarters. The vehicle in the photo reads Jericho Fire district.. It is a commioners vehicle, not a chiefs car. Unless perhaps used a spare chiefs car, it does not generally respond to alarms. It is merely a commissoners perk, that you see commonly with district commioners on L.I. Some these districts own more than one of these rigs, and others even own one ton dump trucks to plow snow at the stations. Instead of induring the purchase cost and lifetime maintenance costs on a specific commonioners free taxi cab-limo to use to attended a few confernces, the commisioners could maybe use their own vehicles and get re-imbursed for their milage. They way some of these departments operate fiscally gives you alot to look at.

My thoughts and prayers are with you Joe. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. PS: I read this website every day Steve Panzella Boise, Idaho Formerly So. Salem FD